tears from a gloomy
stream, came & took
away my little being
as i lay down counting
the unhatched days
i planned to weave
into a book
of glistening memories.
& a razor blade
was given to me
to shave my head
of sorrowful histories
interwoven betwixt
my bones & muscles.
the time came & i could see
& feel the gently swaying leaves
falling off the mango tree
that grandpa used to say
were every single
breath of my life,
announcing its apex.
Salim Yakubu Akko is a Nigerian poet, writer, and essayist. He has been published in Trouvaille Review, Impspired Magazine, Arts Lounge, Upwrite Magazine, Scratch Poetry Magazine, Fevers of the Mind Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal, World Voices Magazine, My Woven Poetry, African Fingers and elsewhere.
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